Just a Thought: Have you been missing it? I often say as a pastor that “I am amazed at the disconnect people seem to have between what is happening in their lives and their spiritual state.” Sometimes we so separate our physical, financial, mental and emotional life from our spiritual life that we don’t see… Read More »

Just a Thought: Don’t embarrass yourself through acts of selfishness. Selfish people are often easily identified by their actions. Jesus used this illustration to teach a parable. Witnessing a wedding being held, Jesus noticed as the guests filed in they each scrambled for the best seats. A seat up front was a seat reserved for… Read More »

Just a Thought: The opposite of selfishness is putting others first. What is the first thought that comes to mind when you’re having dinner with friends. Jesus said, “the first shall be last and the last shall be first” He wasn’t taking about the serving line at dinner. He was however, talking about the same… Read More »

Just a Thought: The best way to get over being selfish is to become a giver. Our truest expression of love is not in what we say, but rather, in what we do. Selfish people have no problem saying they love others. But they do have a problem showing their love for others because they… Read More »

Just a Thought: Selfish people are also self-serving people who make everything about them. Simon, in the New Testament is a perfect example of this. Here he is going around Samaria practicing magic and miracles by sorcery (demonic power). He is doing it for the praise of men. He is not really interested in helping… Read More »

Just a Thought: When we think only of ourselves, it ultimately ends up hurting us. The record of Abram and his nephew Lot are a good example of this. Abram was told to leave home and move with God to a place the Lord would show him. When they came to that place the Lord… Read More »

Just a Thought: You are of such worth and value, that you are always on God’s mind. Don’t move on until you re-read that statement several times. Let it sink in. Maybe you think you’re not worth much. Maybe others have devalued you. Maybe today you suffer from a lack of self- esteem. Well, let… Read More »

Just a Thought: God knew us before we knew Him. Throughout the Bible several individuals were told by God that they were known and set a part before they were born by God. What this tells us are a number of things. First, if you were ever told you were a oops baby or an… Read More »

Just a Thought: Don’t just be happy with yourself. Be happy because you’re you! You are unique. Just as every snowflake is a different shape, no two are the same. You are different in some way from everyone else. You are uniquely divinely designed. Every person started out as a precious gift from God as… Read More »

Just a Thought: You are so very special to God, He entrusted the whole earth to you. David was blown away by this concept. He was amazed. “God what is man that you would think so highly of Him, You would make him in Your image and place him in Charge of all of this?”… Read More »